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One early morning five years ago, Calvin James walked outside the Jersey City apartment, where his girlfriend and 6-year-old son slept, to put the trash on the street for pickup.

As soon as James, then 45, walked outside, he was greeted by four people jumping out of a black SUV. Dressed in uniforms with “ICE” printed on the back, they rushed him and demanded he confirm his name, then handcuffed and pulled James into the back of the SUV.

James spent four months in immigration detention, first in New Jersey and then in Louisiana for an old conviction for selling pot. Then, he was put on a plane and deported to Jamaica, where he had not been since he was 12 years old.

ColorLines magazine went on the road tracing James’ journey from New York to Jamaica to investigate the collateral effects of deportation on immigrant communities. Harsh immigration policy, compounded by systemic racial inequities built into the criminal justice system, are not thwarting terrorists or making our country a whole lot safer. But the laws are doing a great job of breaking up another entity: families of color.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_J_Rok/ Da_J_Rok

    Yep… and this is going to continue to happen

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TMAC_35000/ TMAC_35000

    The bottom line of this is that if you’re illegal you get deported. It’s kind of funny this story comes out right after Shyne gets deported. Illegals should be sought after and deported, I don’t care what color they are.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/The_Mechanic1/ The_Mechanic1

    Bottom line is, if your ass is illegal you will be deported back to wherever you from………………………………The gov’t can also take your citizenship away from you as well just so they can ship your ass back to wherever you from, unless you born in the US then that’s something different. YOU DO THE CRIME, YOU’LL DO THE TIME, THEN YOUR ASS WILL BE DEPORTED BACK TO WHEREVER YOU FROM.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sub-Negro/ Sub-Negro

    I thought Shyne was from here but man they did that n!gga wrong. He served all of his time jsut about.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pantherg08/ pantherg08

    ALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SHOULD BE DEPORTED! IT DOSENT MATTER WHAT RACE IT IS, IF YOUR HERE, YOUR PROABLE ARE NOT PAYING TAXES, U ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING LIKE A HARD WORKING AMERICAN DOES! IF U WANT TO BE LEGAL DO IT THE LEGAL WAY LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE DO, GET IN LINE!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/earthling/ earthling

    Every single one who is here illegally should be kicked out, because they mess with the sapce and money of the people who are here legally.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/earthling/ earthling

    Every single one who is here illegally should be kicked out, because they mess with the space and money of the people who are here legally.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/trinidivine/ trinidivine

    @ earthling that includes yo azzzz cuz the only ppl this land belongs too are the indians. No one has claims on this land. Take away birth rights and we all don’t belong.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/earthling/ earthling

    I’m afraid that you’re wrong there friend, because the land belongs to he who has it, and my folks have been here since day one. So, I’ll be here long after these illegals are long gone. Trinidivine.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/gren1shaw2/ gren1shaw2

    Get rid of the n****rs and mexicans because their numbers are getting to large and we white racist will only allow a number we can dominate and control.n****rs and spics are nothing but garbage to white racist trash.plus we need to cut down the their numbers because they vote against the republican party which is the most racist of them all.always looking for ways including genocide of bringing down the numbers of n****rs and spics,so they can easily run the country into the ground. And they don’t care how many deaths they cause,as long as they continue to get more money and power.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Anthropological/ Anthropological

    “Meanwhile, the Schiro report commissioned by Homeland Security reveals more than half of immigrants who get detained presumably for having committed a crime in fact had no criminal convictions.”

    WTF?????

    If you are here illegally then you have ALREADY committed a crime.
    I dont have any sympathy for people who come here illegally no matter what color they are… handle your business then you won’t have to worry about ICE… but the US has become this Never Never land where no one has to take responsibility for their actions…
    And as for the people who love to use that silly “we are all immigrants and only the Indians belong here” then what about YOUR country… I guess the Indians should run that place too huh?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/maatra/ maatra

    Theres only one illegal immigrant here in the hells of north amerikkka and thats THE GODAMN WHITE MAN

    He is a NOMADIC beast

    Up u mighty race and put this beast in check.

    Lets link up and stink up this mutha phuka

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/momono3/ momono3

    The Good Lord, made this land. Funny how WE want to decide who lives where.

  • http://www.gaiagallery.com/artists-self-representing/photographs/contemporary-photographs/torn-apart-by-deportation-from-new-york-to-jamaica-families-struggle-to-stay-together/ Torn Apart by Deportation: From New York to Jamaica, Families Struggle to Stay Together :: Gaia Gallery

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